Improvement in parlor-bedsteads



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MARK CROSBY, or' BOSTON, MASSAoluiSnrfrs,

Letters Patent No. 107,881, dated October 4, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making paxt 91' the' same To all whom 'it may concern Be it known lchat `I, MARK CROSBY," of Boston, in -the .county of Suoll; and State of Massachusetts, have invented .a newl and` improved French Parlor- Bed; and I do hereby declare that the-following is a full, clar and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing and 4to thelet- `ters of reference marked thereon.

ranging the side pieces or rails of 'the bedstead, with relationto each other and the base to which they are hinged, that, when folded orbrought .together in a verticalposition, openings will be formed for the admission and passage of air, hinged pieces being provided for covering'said openings. i

, The invention also consists'in the arrangement of stops, withshoulders formed ou the ends oi' .the side rails, all as hereinafter described.

Figure l is a Figure 2 is a like view when open' for occupancy as` a French bedstead. 1 A represents thebase, `to which the front (l is hinged,having the side pieces D D' attached.

E E' represent the, other side pieces, which are the opposite side ot' the B v B represent the ends `of the base,l'and having vprojections risin'gup, to which the pieces H H arehingcd, so as to swing up or down, as desired, Ait will be particularly observed -t-hat the side pieces are out down at their central portion to about half their extreme4 width, so, when closed up together, theyleave perspective view of my invent-ion,

anA opening between them that air may circulate through the bed freely when closed up. This ventilationV through the centerl of the hed is of very great importance. The doors or pie-cesH H' close up the apertures so formed, when desired. By the sides being cutdown a very serious objection is removed from this class oi' beds as heretofore constructed. sides, when of' a uniform width, are greatly in the way of getting into or out -of bed, and their appearance is very displeas'ing and cumbersome. A

v F and G represent the foot and head pieces. To the latter is hinged an` ornamental top piece, which folds down between the mattress when closed up. The head and foot pieces F and Gr are sawed apart on a curved line, solas to .fit each other when closed together, 'as shown in iig. 1.

" Projections vP P on each of the side pieces, when open, bear against the stop piece S to give -greaterv strength,` and, with the legs L LTL, support the bed when it is open for occupancy.

Having thus described my,` invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure .by Letters Patent, is Y 1. The stops S S attached to the upper part of the end pieces B4B of the base, and the shouldered ends P I of the side rails D D' -E E', and the legs L L L 

